第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项
It was Mother’s Day, the day we celebrate everything mothers are and everything we do. But I’d  31  that Sunday in 200 was  32  for me. As a single mother I   33  to think of my shortcoming---how many evenings I couldn’t share with my children, and how many things I couldn’t   34  my waitress’ salary to buy.
But what  35  kids I has! My daughter Maria was a senior in college and Danny was home visiting from his freshman year at Harvard University. They were  36  impolite enough to complain, but there was so much more I   37  I had done for them. I just hoped they  38  .
As I walked into the kitchen quietly to start breakfast, I was   39  by a vase containing a dozen red roses! When did Denny possibly   40  in to leave them?  41  even their delicate beauty was overshadowed by the note sitting beside them, in the quick, manly  42  of an eighteen-year-old boy. It was about a   43  that happened between Danny and me long age. It   44  :
She took a day off from her busy schedule to take the boy to see his  45  in the flesh at the stadium. It took 3.5 hours just to get there, and they had to be there early so that he could see his hero take batting practice. In their   46  , she took her hard earned money to buy a (an )  47  T–shirt on which was printed his hero making a diving catch. After the game, of course he has to get his hero’s   48  ,so she stayed with the little boy until one in the morning.
It took me long enough to  49  it, but I finally know who the true hero is. Mom, I love you!
And suddenly, it was a happy Mother’s Day,   50  .
31．A．admit       B．adopt C．deny  D．indicate
32．A．happy       B．sad    C．plain D．bittersweet
33．A．intended   B．liked C．tended      D．hesitated
34．A．spend       B．spare C．bargain     D．calculate
35．A．sensitive   B．considerate       C．faithful     D．troublesome
36．A．merely     B．usually     C．never D．always
37．A．wished     B．proposed   C．demanded D．desired
38．A．supported B．understood       C．approved  D．honored
39．A．welcomed B．greeted     C．received    D．met
40．A．hurry       B．settle C．wander     D．slip
41．A．And  B．But   C．So     D．Though
42．A．handwriting     B．description       C．draft  D．attitude
43．A．secret       B．joke  C．quarrel     D．story
44．A．wrote       B．recorded   C．read  D．memorized
45．A．friend       B．athlete      C．hero  D．classmate
46．A．return       B．bus    C．arrival      D．road
47．A．oversized  B．normal     C．ridiculous D．overpriced
48．A．signature  B．sign   C．scene D．signal
49．A．explore     B．evaluate    C．realize      D．treasure
50．A．above all  B．at all C．in all D．after all